Concept information
Terme préférentiel
maternal agency
Définition
- Maternal agency is the notion that mothering can be a site of empowerment and a location for social change for women. Maternal agency draws on the idea of agency—the ability to influence one's life, to have the power to control one's life—and explores how women can have agency via mothering.Feminist Theories of Maternal AgencyIn theorizing maternal agency, feminist scholars focus on specific mothering practices that facilitate women's authority and power as they mother. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Maternal Agency]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-R5W1XD1F-P
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